Jenevieve Frank
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Jenevieve Frank is a life-long Transformers fan, having watched the Generation 1 cartoon as a child in 1984. She is also a participant on TFWiki.net as Ms. Trbuchette.
In 2018, IDW Publishing writer John Barber contacted Frank for consultation vis-à-vis Barber's leading character Arcee, who had made a controversial debut in IDW continuity years earlier.<ref>{{#if: 15A. I have two BIG Transformers-related memories. The big one is from a year ago when John Barber slid into my DMs to ask for my input on Arcee. The conversations that flowed from that eventually became that page from Optimus Prime #25. Still sort of surreal!💖 |"15A. I have two BIG Transformers-related memories. The big one is from a year ago when John Barber slid into my DMs to ask for my input on Arcee. The conversations that flowed from that eventually became that page from Optimus Prime #25. Still sort of surreal!💖"—|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/JenApparently/status/1127645766359629824 |Jenevieve Frank|Jenevieve Frank}}{{#if: Twitter |, Twitter|}}{{#if: |, ""|}}{{#if: 2019 |, 2019{{#if: 05 |/{{#switch:{{#len:05}}|1=005|05}}{{#if: 12|/{{#switch:{{#len:12}}|1=012|12}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/JenApparently/status/1127645766359629824 ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/JenApparently/status/1127645766359629824%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/JenApparently/status/1127645766359629824%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/JenApparently/status/1127645766359629824%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/JenApparently/status/1127645766359629824%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref> Together, Frank and Barber brainstormed on how to connect Arcee's original characterization with more recent depictions and retcons of female and transgender Cybertronians. This conversation ultimately produced the culmination of Arcee's character arc in the continuity's finale issue at the year's end.<ref>{{#if: @glovestudios @Spriteling113 I totally missed this earlier! John reached out to me for help incorporating Arcee's characterization throughout Phase 2 to explicitly tie her back to her original Spotlight (with some soft retconning). The results are on the third page of Optimus Prime #25 |"@glovestudios @Spriteling113 I totally missed this earlier! John reached out to me for help incorporating Arcee's characterization throughout Phase 2 to explicitly tie her back to her original Spotlight (with some soft retconning). The results are on the third page of Optimus Prime #25"—|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/JenApparently/status/1139628844053422080 |Jenevieve Frank|Jenevieve Frank}}{{#if: Twitter |, Twitter|}}{{#if: |, ""|}}{{#if: 2019 |, 2019{{#if: 06 |/{{#switch:{{#len:06}}|1=006|06}}{{#if: 14|/{{#switch:{{#len:14}}|1=014|14}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/JenApparently/status/1139628844053422080 ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/JenApparently/status/1139628844053422080%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/JenApparently/status/1139628844053422080%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/JenApparently/status/1139628844053422080%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/JenApparently/status/1139628844053422080%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref>